WELCOME VISITORS If you are worshiping here for the first time today, welcome! We are glad to have you with us. Please fill out a visitor information card, located on the right as you enter the chapel.
OFFERING Plates are available just inside the doors to the chapel.
CONVERSATION FOLLOWING WORSHIP TODAY As we prepare to welcome students for a new year, it has come to the session’s attention that some students feel apprehensive even about entering the chapel, because they suspect they might not be welcomed as they are. The session has decided to hang a “rainbow flag” to the left of the chapel doors, parallel to the statement of welcome that hangs on the right. We hope that the symbols and text, hanging on either side of the cross, will invite a rich conversation about how we show up in the world as those who want to keep learning from our neighbors, and together experiencing the transformative love of God. If you would like to ask questions, offer feedback, or hear the thoughts of others, you are invited to get a cup of coffee and return to the chapel immediately following worship.
WELCOMING REFUGEES If you would like to learn more about serving on a Circle of Welcome to assist a refugee family as they settle in our area, there is a handout available in the entryway, or you may contact Vicki Collins (vcollins@warren-wilson.edu, 828-712- 0251). You do not need to be a member of the church, and no financial commitment is involved.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office (298-9092).
We celebrate: abundant volunteers to form a Circle of Welcome for a refugee family ⸰ a successful heart ablation procedure for Anne Dale, restoring her heart to healthy rhythm
We remember in prayer: Friends and family of Kim Reece, (daughter of Nancy and Rick Garrison), following her death on July 12 ⸰ Friends and family of Austin Jordan, following his unexpected death on June 29 ⸰ the family of Elda Pineda, our faithful church cleaner, after her brother’s death in El Salvador ⸰ Sandee Butterworth and family, following Milt’s death on June 26 ⸰ Amanda Branscombe, following consultation with her cardiologist on August 1. Amanda is having additional tests, with the continued hope of being cleared for spinal fusion surgery on August 15 ⸰ Bill Christy, as he continues to heal following a heart transplant ⸰ Susan Laney, discharged from Care Partners for at home care. Cards are much appreciated. John will let us know when they are ready for visitors. ⸰ Bubba Lytle, Rodney and Sharon’s son, making excellent progress recovering from a serious
motorcycle accident ⸰ Thurman Slone, Joyce Cucinella’s brother, now under Hospice care ⸰ Carol Lee Joslin, Blake Joslin’s mother, suffering from Alzheimer’s ⸰ Beth Newman, who is back at work but continuing to recover her strength following a bone marrow transplant ⸰ Elda Pineda’s mother and father, Karmen Iraeta and Josue Victor Pineda, as she battles kidney and heart problems and as he recovers from cancer ⸰ Jackie Ligon Cole ⸰ Pat Crumpler ⸰ Vernon Daugherty, Sr. (Derron’s father) ⸰ Martha Dugger ⸰ Rick Garrison ⸰ Houston Huggins (Beth Meriwether’s brother) ⸰ Erika Lytle ⸰ Salyna Morgan ⸰ Fran Roberts’ sister-in-law, Linda Briggs ⸰ Jon Hettrick and his family ⸰ Marjorie Hettrick ⸰ Kim Reece (daughter of Nancy and Rick Garrison) ⸰ Shane Reece (Nancy Garrison’s son) ⸰ Pat Wilson’s son, Kell.
EXTRA TOTE-BAGS? SVCM has a new shower to be used by neighbors who don’t have access to such facilities. We are collecting reusable tote bags (fabric or plastic) large enough to hold a towel and toiletry items.
RECEPTION HELP If you would like to contribute finger food to be served at the reception honoring Milt Butterworth on the afternoon of Saturday, August 17, please contact Susan Daugherty, moderator of our Congregational Life Team, by e-mailing sdaugh56@gmail.com.
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Monday – Friday, 9:00-3:00. This week Andrew will be part of the college’s Educators Retreat Thursday, August 8 and Friday, August 9 and will be mostly out of the office both days.
BUTTERWORTH MEMORIAL A service of thanksgiving for the life of Milt Butterworth will be held in the chapel on Saturday, August 17 at 2:00, with a reception to follow in the Fellowship Hall.